Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/altēn

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.[1]

Noun

*altēn f[1]

razor

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: altin
  - Middle Breton: autenn
    - Breton: aotenn
- Cornish: alsen
- Old Welsh: elinn
  - Middle Welsh: ellyn
    - Welsh: ellyn
Middle Irish: ailt

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*alten-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

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[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*alten-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 30